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Happily single, 65 ish, LGBTQ and childless dog mum to my two gorgeous pooches. Ardent supporter of Trans rights, loathe anything right wing with a passion. Scottish Greens member.

Before the march, a mother of a trans woman who took her own life said “more children are going to die” unless Mr Burnham works to reverse the “anti-trans policies” that Sir Keir Starmer oversaw. www.irishnews.com/news/uk/1500...

150,000 march through London in world’s largest trans pride, organisers say

Protesters voiced anger at the new guidance on single sex-spaces and fears that trans people are being excluded from society.

irishnews.com

Important to point out that John Woodcock/Lord Walney no longer has an official role as a government advisor and therefore his opinion should carry about as much weight and garner as much interest as that of the guy with a rat under his hat outside the Tesco Metro

"What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority" great piece from Allison Morris in the Belfast Telegraph. Please support Allison as she will no doubt be targeted now. Archive link below. archive.ph/oQ2Cs

What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority
Belfast Telegraph27 Jul 2026ALLISON MORRIS
I’ve thought long and hard about commenting on the controversy over the cancellation of the Women’s Rights Network (WRN) event at Féile an Phobail — not because I don’t have an opinion, but because it is a debate that attracts the most toxic elements.

WRN NI was not a group I was familiar with beforehand, so I did some research.

No speakers were listed in the Féile programme for the planned event, which in itself is odd as there are for almost every other of the 90-plus debates and discussions.

The group has since announced who its speakers were to be in a series of online posts.

My research took me down quite the rabbit hole — a who’s who of the anti-trans movement not just on this island but Europe-wide.

I don’t pretend to understand their motivation.

In fact, I remain baffled as to why in one of the most dangerous places for women to live in Europe, the group — which has spoken out about femicide before — is obsessing about a small minority instead of the actual dangers we face from domestic violence and femicide.

I have worked for decades covering violence against women and girls in all the distressing forms that takes.

I know the names of every woman and child murdered in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years without even having to look them up.

Not a single one was caused by a trans woman — I checked the list twice just to be sure.

None of them were murdered in a public toilet either, which having looked at the online posts of WRN and their many affiliates, is apparently the most dangerous place on earth for women, with trans predators lurking in every cubicle.

Apart from the absurdity of much of the group’s argument regarding the perceived dangers of trans women, the claim that women are being silenced by Féile is the most disingenuous of them all.

I would say that they are mad to allow the evil people to rule them, but yes, I take your point Once upon a time the rest of the world smiled affectionately at the deeds & crazy thought processes of the US, the idiot son of Europe, but affection has its limits Crazee Yankees Loco Gringos

It really is astonishing how much water we don’t reserve… we had barely a mm this morning (the faintsest drizzle tbh) but there’s at least a day’s worth of watering in my butts.

Shortly after the Supreme Court ruling my manager at work suggested I reach out to my workplace chaplaincy for mental health support. The first chaplain I met was the Quaker chaplain wearing a Progress Pride Quaker badge 😊

UK news blackout: Around 150,000 attend trans pride = Silence. 7 trans prisoners in Scotland are relocated = Silence. Widespread abuse of trans and intersex patients in the NHS = Silence. Trans children unsafe at school, at risk of abuse, and suicides have happened = Silence.